Flying is basically the most defining thing about what birds do, and yet I've never really spoken about it. Well no more, today we begin the mission to figure out how exactly birds fly. We will begin in the long past and look at the evolutionary journey from lizard to bird, as I refuse to answer the question: how do birds fly. But then I guess that's Part 2 will be for?To support Bird of the Week and gain access to our second podcast, What's up with that's Bird's Name? click on through to Patreon: www.patreon.com/birdoftheweekWant birds in your inbox? Drop me a line at [email protected] and I'll hook you up with a free weekly bird.Flightless bird episodesKiwis: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/episodes/13777746-kiwis-fruit-people-birdsEmu: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/episodes/11406903-the-great-emu-warFlightless birds: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/episodes/11317493-flightless-birdsThe Great Auk: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/episodes/10605634-the-great-aukPenguins: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/episodes/10464354-penguin-extravaganzaNotesFlying Snake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChrysopeleaArchaeopteryx: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArchaeopteryxHuxley's Near Bird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnchiornisHoly Confucius Bird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConfuciusornisOpposite Birds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enantiornithes

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